Louis-Bernard Dawnay

Louis-Bernard Dawnay (1766-) was an admiral of France during the French Revolutionary Wars. Dawnay was the commander of the French fleet during the Egyptian Campaign of 1798 that captured Cyprus from Great Britain.

Biography
Louis-Bernard Dawnay was born in 1766 and was hired as an admiral of the French Navy in late September 1798 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Commanding the sloop "Diane", he was made the commander of the French fleet during the Egyptian Campaign of General Napoleon Bonaparte. Dawnay was dispatched to capture Nicosia, Cyprus from Great Britain, to whom Cyprus had been granted as a gift from the Ottoman Empire.